In practice this award was the precursor to the Medal of Honor introduced during the Civil War. After a long period of disuse, Badge of Military Merit was reinstituted in 1932 as the Purple Heart and is a decoration for members of the armed forces wounded or killed in action or as a result of a terrorist attack.
There is very little precipitation in the Mediterranean chaparral. The average annual precipitation is 10-20 inches. The kind of precipitation is rain. The average rainfall for the entire winter is 6.8 inches. The average rainfall for the entire spring is 2.2 inches. The average rainfall for summer is .2 inches. The average rainfall for fall is 4.2 inches.
The average temperature in the chaparral biome is 64Â° F. Majority of the animals are nocturnal, sleeping during the day then coming out at night. Animals living in the chaparral biome have to be able to survive on very little water. During the summer months there is usually a drought.